Being A Parent Is Hard!

Being a Parent is Hard! As clinical psychologists working with children, teens, and parents, we are here to make a difficult job just a little easier. Come behind the closed door of the psychotherapy office as we offer insights, hands-on tools, and unique strategies to help you better understand and support your children. Focusing on the challenges of normal development and the more serious concerns that parents bring to us every day, we will discuss issues such as emotional communication, discipline, limit-setting, ADHD, social media, academic pressure, anxiety, bullying, parental disagreements, substance abuse, and more. We will touch on it all. Please join us! Contact us at: beingapersonishardpodcast@gmail.com

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Latest episodes

24 August 2026

What is Mom Guilt and Why Do So Many of Us Have It?

Welcome to Being a Parent is Hard! Our new episode, What is Mom Guilt and Why Do So Many of Us Have It, talks about why moms are especially prone to feel guilty, what we tend to feel guilty about, and how best to manage this very uncomfortable feeling. We discuss how mom guilt is related to each person's unique childhood and the way we are all socialized as women. Perhaps most importantly, we talk about how to avoid passing this down to our daughters and how to model having balance and self-care in our lives. We share personal stories, clinical insights, and practical suggestions. We hope you can join us!

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21 July 2026

Understanding and Managing Teenage Depression: A Parent's Guide

Welcome to this week's episode of Being a Parent is Hard! In this episode we focus understanding adolescent depression--what it looks like, how it's different from normal teenage moodiness and irritability, and what parents should do when they are concerned. We discuss when it's time to seek therapy, consider medication, or head to the emergency room. We also talk about the all important question, "Why now?" We share clinical insights and hands on advice as we take a deep dive into the hormonal, academic, social, and emotional pressures that collide in adolescence. Please join us!

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06 July 2026

The Art of Transparent Communication

Welcome to Being a Parent is Hard! This week's episode focuses on the art of transparent communication with your children and teens. We discuss how to set limits, communicate values, and have honest discussions while still respecting our own need for personal boundaries as parents. We also talk about the need for timing--not trying to communicate in depth when either we or they are upset and not over-communicating in hopes of staving off their anger. Please join us as we share clinical insights and personal anecdotes about learning the art of transparent communication.

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15 June 2026

Helping Our Young Adult Children Prepare for the Workforce: "Ready,Aim, Fire!"

Welcome to Being a Parent is Hard! Is your older teen or young adult child feeling lost and unsure of what field or job to pursue? In this week's episode, founder of Choice Training and Coaching Solutions, Janine Friedman, discusses her "Ready, Aim. Fire" approach to helping older teens and young adults prepare for entering the workplace. Her job coaching focuses on helping her clients better understand their values, dreams, and unique strengths to determine what kinds of jobs will best meet their needs. Janine talks about the stressors and pressures of entering the workforce in today's cray world and how parents can take a hands-on approach to helping their kids with this crucial challenge. Please join us!

Contactus at: beingaparentishardpodcast@gmail.com

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01 June 2026

Living Among the Mean Moms

Welcome to Being a Parent is Hard! This week's episode, Living Among the Mean Moms, focuses on why some moms are unkind, even downright cruel, to other moms and/or other people's children. Whether it's gossiping, bullying, or excluding others, managing mean moms and teaching your children to manage this kind of difficult behavior, is an important survival skill in today's crazy world. When parents prize academic, social, or athletic competitiveness over basic values and kindness, thoughtless and hurtful behavior often ensues. Please join us for some professional insights, strategies, and personal stories about this potentially very painful topic.

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19 May 2026

When a Parent has to Parent Their Parents: The Sandwich Generation

Welcome to Being a Parent is Hard! Our new episode focuses on the extraordinary stress of having to care for our aging and declining parents while still caring for our own children, teens, and young adults. We talk about the very complicated emotional difficulties and time and energy demands that caring for our parents often entails. And we offer personal reflections and professional advice about surviving this very challenging stage of life. This is a phase that is rarely talked about until you are in the thick of it. Please join us for this very important discussion.

Please contact us at :Beingaparentishardpodcast@gmail.com

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